diff --git a/examples/extract-images/extract-from-pages.py b/examples/extract-images/extract-from-pages.py
index 4d3003d..065d312 100644
--- a/examples/extract-images/extract-from-pages.py
+++ b/examples/extract-images/extract-from-pages.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 Changes
 -------
+* 2024-03-29: update progress meter function call
 * 2021-09-17: remove PIL and use extended pixmap features instead
 * 2020-10-04: for images with an /SMask, we use Pillow to recover original
 * 2020-11-21: convert cases with special /ColorSpace definitions to RGB PNG
@@ -121,11 +122,12 @@ def recoverpix(doc, item):
 xreflist = []
 imglist = []
 for pno in range(page_count):
-    sg.QuickMeter(
+    sg.one_line_progress_meter(
         "Extract Images",  # show our progress
         pno + 1,
         page_count,
         "*** Scanning Pages ***",
+        orientation = "h",
     )
 
     il = doc.get_page_images(pno)
diff --git a/examples/extract-images/extract-from-xref.py b/examples/extract-images/extract-from-xref.py
index 0b37712..c86576a 100644
--- a/examples/extract-images/extract-from-xref.py
+++ b/examples/extract-images/extract-from-xref.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 
 Changes
 --------
-2021-09-17: Removed PIL dependency
+* 2024-03-29: update progress meter function call
+* 2021-09-17: Removed PIL dependency
 """
 
 from __future__ import print_function
@@ -116,11 +117,12 @@ def recoverpix(doc, x, imgdict):
 # loop through PDF images
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 for xref in range(1, lenXREF):  # scan through all PDF objects
-    sg.QuickMeter(
+    sg.one_line_progress_meter(
         "Extract Images",  # show our progress
         xref,
         lenXREF,
         "*** Scanning Cross Reference ***",
+        orientation = "h",
     )
 
     if doc.xref_get_key(xref, "Subtype")[1] != "/Image":  # not an image